Axle-lubricator.



A. G. ELVIN & J. L. MOHUN.

AXLE LIIBEHLA'IOR. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1913.

1,096,161. Patenteam 12,1914f H -FIG..2.

ALBERT e. ELvIN, or soMEnvILLE, vnw JERSEY, AND Joint n, MOHUN, or BROOK- LYiv, NEW YORK; SAID MOHUN ASSIGNOB, ro sAIn ELVIN.

AxLE-.tuEn-roAron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914:.

Applicationfiled November 14, 1913. Serial No. 800,904. 7 V

by the action of the latter thereon in its rotation, an instance of which is exemplified in Letters Patent Reissue No. 12134, granted and issued to A. G. Elvin aforesaid, under date of July 21, 1903.

The object of our invention is to provide means whereby the lubricating device may be securely supported in the axle box cellar and may be inserted in and removed therefrom as may from time to time be required,

more readily and expeditiously than under the prior constructions.

The improvement clalmed "ishereinafter 'fully set forth.

drawings Figure 1 In the accompanyin dinal central section is a vertical longitu through an axle box, illustratingan applitical transverse section through the same,

cation of our invention, and, Fig.2, a veron the linea anof Fig. l. l

Our invention is herein exemplified as applied in connection with a journal box, 2, which is adapted to be supported on the journal, 1 of a locomotive axle,1, and is, as usual, provided with an upper brass hearing, 8, and a lower lubricant cellar, 4. In.

the practice of our invention, the lubricant cellar is formed of sheet metal, of rectangular section and open at its bottom, and is interposed between, and fits directly against,

the lower legs of the axle box, its lower closure being effected a binder plate, 5, which is in the form of a comparatively thick plate of cast or wroughtmetal. The binder plate is fitted below the lubricant cellar, and between lugs, 2, on the lower legs of'the axle box, being provided with downwardly ex-- tending lateral lugs, 5 which fit .against' the lugs, 2*. An upwardly extending transverse flange, 5", is formed on the inner end of the binder plate, said flange abutting lateral I flanges, 6 which fit against tlIQ S lClGS of the lubricant cellar, and similarly extending end plates, 6", said lubricant delivery plate being curved in correspondence with, and contacting with, the. periphery of thejournal, 1.

A follower plate, 7, is fitted in the cellar, below the lubricant delivery plate, and is pressed upwardly toward the latter by springs, 8, which are interposed between its lower side and the binder plate, 5. The

inner end plate of the lubricant. delivery plate terminates a short dist-ancebelow the top of the flange, 5 of the binder plate,

enables the wall to pass clear of the follower plate when the latter is depressed for the removal of the lubricant delivery plate.

The space between theplates, 6 and 7, is,

in the operation of the appliance, filled up by a solid block of lubricating material, 00,

which .is continuously pressed up to and through the perforations of the plate, 6, and thence to. the adjoining periphery of the journal, by the follower plate, 7 and springs, 8. The degree of wear of the luthereby providing an opening, 6, which bricant is shown by one or more indicator rods, 9, (two being, shown in this instance) which are connected to the follower plate,

7, and pass freely through openings in the binder plate, 5. The lower ends of the rods,

9, are turned into eyes, 9 and in addition to acting as indicators, the rods serve to on able the springs, 8, to :be manually compressed, when it is desired ,to remove the lubricant delivery plate from the cellar.

The front of the lubricant cellar is closed by a lid, 10,- which is hinged by a pin, 10*, to the front end of the binder plate, 5,'-a'nd is provided with an eye, 10, by which it can be swung about the axis of the" hinge 'pin, for the removal and replacement of the lubricant delivery plate in the renewal of. the block of lubricating material. The lid, 10, is held in closed or, in open position, as desired, by a spring, 11, secured at its upper end, to the lid, and abutting, at and Y adjoining its free lower end, against one or the other of two flattened bearing faces, which are formed, at substantially a right angle one to the other, on a lug, 5, depending from the front vend of the bmder plate, 5.-

When it is desired to remove the lubricant delivery plate from the cellar, it is only necessary to pull the lid, 10, downwardly into the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1, and compress the springs, 8, by drawing down the indicator rods, 9. The lubricant delivery plate may then be drawn out through the front of the cellar, as the lower opening, 6, at its rear end, enables it to clear the follower plate, 7. The binder plate and lubricant cellar may be removed bydrawing-out the bolts, P, and if itshould stick, by being pinched between the legs of the axle box, it can readily be released by inserting a'small jack or spreader between them,

4 The provision of a lubricant cellar of comparatively light metal, extending entirely between the legs of the axle box, and

closed at bottom by a stouter binder plate,

without being laterally inclosed by a main cellar, as herein described and shown, attains the substantial advantages, in prac tice, of-reduction of weight and cost, increase in capacity for lubricant, and convenience and expedition in the insertion and removal of the lubricantv cellar.

We-claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. The combination, with an axle box and its bearing, ofan open bottomed lubricant cellar, interposed between, against, the legs of the axle box, a binder plate fitted below, and forming a lower closure for, the lubricant cellar, and means for. 'connecting' said binder plate detachably to 2. The combination, with an axle box and its bearing, of an open bottomed sheet metal lubricant cellar, interposed between, and fit? ting against, the legs of the axlebox, a binder plate of substantially greater thickness, fitted below, and forming a lower clo-- sure for, the lubricant cellar, and means for connecting said binder plate detachably to the axle box. 1

3. The combination, with an axle box and its bearing, of an open bottomed sheet metal lubricant cellar, interposed between, and fit and fitting ting against the-legs of the axle box, a binder plate of substantially greater th1ckness, fitted below, and forming a lower closure for, the lubricant cellar, and having lateral lugs, and ransverse bolts passing through the lugs of the binderpla-te and through abutting portions'of the axle box.

4. The combination, with an axle box and its bearing, of an open bottomed lubricant cellar, interposed between, and fitting. against, the legs of the. axle. box, a binder plate fitted below, and forming alower closure for, the lubricant cellar, a lubricating device inclosed in the lubricant cellar, and means for connecting the binder plate detachably to the axle box.

5. The combination, with an axle box, and its hearing, of an open bottomed lubricant cellar, interposed between, and fitting against, 'the legs of the axle'box, a binder plate fitted below, and forming a lower closure for, the lubricant cellar, a door hinged to the binder plate, and closing the front of the lubricant cellar, and means for connecting the binder plate "detachably to the axle box. v

6. The combination, With an axle box and its bearing, of an open bottomed lubricant cellar, interposed between, and fitting against, the legs of the axle box, a binder plate fitted below, and forming a lower closure for, the lubricant cellar, a door hinged to the binder plate and closing the front of the lubricant cellar, a spring bearing on the binder plate and on said door, and means for" ALBERT GQELVIN. JOHN L. MOHUN.

VVitinesses;

F. W. MARTIN, W. A. Conn. 

